Assistant Store Manager 40 Hour Permanent Contract

Originally selling workwear to local mariners and practical overalls to artists our story began in a small shop in Penzance in 1981. Over the years weve grown into a leading UK lifestyle brand with over 80 shops across the UK and Ireland 400 wholesale partners and a thriving online business but never losing touch of our roots. Our passion for well-crafted clothing exemplary customer service and connection to our local communities drives everything we do. As we continue to grow in the UK and internationally we are focussed on delivering excellence across every touchpoint whether that is at our warehouse in store or through our customer service channels building a team that shares our values. Each employee plays a part in the success of Seasalt and this was evidenced by our Drapers Award win of Best Place to Work. Our Assistant Store Managers are part of the Store Management team helping to build a successful business maximising profitability and driving KPI targets. They support with all aspects of running a Seasalt store and encourage the team to deliver the high standards our customers expect. This role has the opportunity to be a great stepping stone in your retail career with many of our Assistant Store Managers going on to be Store now have a fantastic opportunityfor an Assistant Store Manager to join the Meadowhallteam on a 40 hourpermanent help us by:Assisting the Store Manager in creating a service culture within the store team that puts the customer at the heart of everything they doEnabling the store team on how to recommend additional services to drive sales such as omni-channel selling gathering customer data and recommending add-on purchasesSupporting the Store Manager with recruitment working together to build a diverse and passionate teamBeing a great role model driving store sales profitability and consistent KPI achievement understanding what is required to drive performanceCoaching and developing the store team through regular 121s supporting with development plans when appropriateCommunicating store performances to your team and key stakeholders around the business providing regular feedback highlighting any risks and opportunities to sales for the businessImplementing store visual merchandising windows standards and guidelines and utilising all product categories and bestseller information to maximise commercial opportunities within the storeUtilising all product information to maximise sales opportunitiesManaging store operations such as management of stock loss prevention escalation and incident reporting health and safety GDPR cash handling key holder responsibilities and store safety standards amongst othersBeing a key-holder for the store and having sole responsibility for running the store when requiredThe skills youll be sharing with the team:Leading the way with your exceptional retail skills product knowledge and commercial know-how youll be passionate about inspiring your team to exceed sales and maximise profitability. You will have previous experience in leading a team at supervisor level or above preferably in a retail or equivalent environment where you drove key KPI achievement and managed responsibility of leading the store to support the Store Manager wont phase you as you will be passionate about the successful running of the store. Coaching and developing your team will be really important to you and is key to this role youll be an excellent communicator who can build a culture of trust. Finding solutions comes naturally to you and you wont be afraid to share your ideas thinking differently on how to achieve we hope youll love working with us:The success of Seasalt is down to the skill and hard work of our team. We dont just want to attract the best and brightest people to come and work with us we want you to stay and grow with well as doing everything we can to support your development professionally we believe encouraging personal growth is just as important. So you can fulfil your passion and purpose not just at work but in life we offer a range of benefits that are designed to enhance your career and wellbeing. These include:Salary up to 29500 dependent on experience34 days paid annual leave increasing with length of serviceUniform allowanceAttractive 50% employee discountHealth Cash Plan scheme to cover costs of everyday health expenses plus virtual 24/7 GP serviceFree access to our Employee Assistance Programme through Retail Trust with 24/7 support including mental health support and counsellingFlexible benefits scheme to personalise your benefits packageEnhanced family leave policiesPension Scheme with generous 7% employer contributionsLife assurance programmeLearning and Development opportunitiesDo Good Things with our two days per year paid volunteering opportunitiesEmployee networks to develop and provide support to our people including the Inclusion Network100s of savings on top retailers and gym memberships through our discount hubAt Seasalt we have a brilliant team of people theyre what make Seasalt a fantastic place to work. We love to celebrate uniqueness and are committed to making Seasalt a place where everyone feels they belong. As an inclusive employer we want to invite a diverse range of candidates to apply for our roles. We aim to work flexibly where possible and value a range of perspectives - diversity of thought helps us to grow so please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come to work every day. Were happy to help with any adjustments to our recruitment process and beyond. Just drop us an email at Please note we are unable to accept CVs and applications over date for applications is 21st August however our roles can close earlier so we would recommend applying as soon as you are -859